21/33 I understood then that there was a little talk of her coming up here this summer. One of those fearful children, Olly, or Hal, or some one of the superfluous young ones, was a little off condition,--not very well, you know,--and the doctor said he mustn't go with the rest to the sea-shore, and she mentioned bringing him up here to recruit. I heard her mention your name, too, and didn't know but you might have heard something of it." "I have, I have!" cried Phebe, her face all aglow, "She _is_ coming,--she and Olly. |